(December 26, 2019 at 4:12 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: It didn't take any bad seasons to put little guys out of business this go round, just a bunch of absurdly foolish economic policies. There actually aren't many real human beings in the food production business to begin with. Less than 1% of us feed the rest.Tell my neighbor and his son they aren't real.
Stop down to the corner country store on any morning (except Sunday) and tell that group of gentlemen getting coffee that they are not real.
I talk to them on a pretty regular basis - as one of them currently leases my field to plant and everybody knows everybody.
None of them are fucking Monsanto.
They're all idependent farmers - scratching to get by. Most of them either work a straight job as well - or have pensions that they pour into their operations.
None of them are rich.
But I guess if they ain't city dwelling crackheads they aren't worthy of your "generosity".